•Demonstrate knowledge of physical geography

•Locate and name the counties

•Describe government structure: state, county, town

•Construct a historical timeline of Vermont

•Summarize colonial history Abnaki and Iroquois

•Characterize Lake Champlain

•Access the contributions of famous people

•Describe the evolution of Vermont’s economy

GEOGRAPHY

•Name continents

•Name oceans

•Locate major mountains and rivers

RESEARCH

•Demonstrate basic notetaking and paraphrasing

•Complete a teacher generated outline and use as a planning strategy

•Use a word web as a planning strategy

•Maintain a reference list 

•Identify causes of a conflict

•Express alternate view points between conflicting groups

•Identify examples of major historical conflicts and steps to resolution

US REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY

•Use map skills (longitude, latitude, compass rose)

•Name and locate states and capitals

•Identify human environment interaction (buffalo,dustbowl, ozone, etc.)

•Characterize topography- past and present

•Analyze movement- patterns of boundary/people/changes

•Locate landmarks and summarize the evolution of conservation (State Parks)

 RESEARCH

•Demonstate intermediate skill level in notetaking and paraphrasing using 3 resources

•Categorize information into an outline with assistance

•Create an alphabetical reference list

•Compare and comment on explorers and countries competing in the new world

•Compare reasons why colonies were settled

•Describe life in early colonies

•Locate and name the thirteen colonies on a map

•Describe the independence movement and the causes of the American Revolution

•Relate a mental timeline of key people, events, and inventions

ANCIENT CULTURES

•Evaluate patterns of culture (rise and fall)

•Construct and compare 3 to 5 ancient cultures with a focus on daily life, customs, social strata, art, language, inventions, traditions, religion

•Evaluate ancient cultures’ major contributions and their influence on the present

•Mental timeline of when each culture existed

RESEARCH

•Refine notetaking skills. integrating direct quotes into their text

•Categorize information into an outline independently

•Develop an informal bibliography